3.65 AVERAGE

lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

one of the most glaring examples of why men cannot write women 
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

at the end of my tether with this one, it has a few things going for it (atmospheric, a few good quotes) but lost me pretty early on and never succeeded in winning me back. 

it is also, 100%, a book written by a man for men, for example:

there was something poignant about her small, hard breasts beneath her light blouse

and that is not the only weird and deeply unsexy comment he makes on the subject.

also, the foreword basically tells you the entire plot which is dumb and definitely affected my experience of said plot.
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don’t typically like classics and for some reason I keep reading them! No rating bc I just couldn’t get into this one and forced myself to finish it
challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

En märklig liten bok om relationer, unga folk, och vad man ska göra med livet. Lite skum men inte dålig. Melankolisk och lite släpande.

hmm.. not sure how i feel about this book honestly. a short read but i didn’t care about any of the characters and i didn’t really understand (or want to understand) the nuance of this book. my only takeaway was that the main character ate a lot of hamburgers for being an italian